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derouine

derouine noun: an expedition made to First Nations camps or villages for trade rather than waiting for the natives to come to the forts, often involving wintering in the camps.

Noun

derouine (plural derouines)

  1. (Canada, historical, fur trade) An expedition made to First Nations camps or villages for trade rather than waiting for the natives to come to the forts, often involving wintering in the camps.
    • St Germain &co returned from a Derouine L.L.P. [Rainy Lake] & R.L. [Red Lake] The Indians [arrived] with Two hundred Skins all good Furs, and the best Derouine ever made at the Panbian River.a. 1824, The Publications of the Champlain Society
    • From this view of the case it will appear that the surest plan by which to draw from the Chilcotins all the benefit of which their country is susceptible will be by attending to them by the means of Derouins and by endeavouring to make them resume the intercourse which they formerly held with...1830, William Connolly, Letter to George Simpson

Examples of derouine in a sentence

  • Fisher and all his people safe and well […] three derouines were made to the Chilcotins, and produced about 3 Packs […]1831, P. W. Dease, Stuart Lake Journal:
  • Two of my men returned from derouine well loaded with furs.1897, Alexander Henry, New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest: The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry ..., page 579:

Forms of derouine

pluralderouines
alternative formderouin
alternative formdrouine

Origin of derouine

From French dérouine.

Questions about derouine

What does derouine mean?
Derouine means an expedition made to First Nations camps or villages for trade rather than waiting for the natives to come to the forts, often involving wintering in the camps.
How do you use derouine in a sentence?
Fisher and all his people safe and well […] three derouines were made to the Chilcotins, and produced about 3 Packs […]
What part of speech is derouine?
Derouine is a noun.
What is the plural of derouine?
The plural of derouine is derouines.

Words near derouine in the dictionary

  1. derotation
  2. derotational
  3. derotations
  4. derotator
  5. derotators
  6. derouine
  7. derouines
  8. derounding
  9. deroundings
  10. Derousse
  11. Derousses

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